We keep busting the chops of Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., not least because it rarely earns the “Marvel” logo that opens each episode. But to its credit, the show is working on that; last week’s episode, muddled though it was, featured the origin of the Blizzard, and, just in time for sweeps week, a real superhero is going to show up.

ABC announced today at the TCA panel that Thor and Thor: The Dark World star Jaimie Alexander will guest star as Lady Sif in the upcoming 15th episode of “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” The only info revealed about the character’s appearance was that she has “come to Earth with a very specific mission.”

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Those capable of doing math will realize that, yes, this is a stunt for sweeps; the fifteenth episode will fall on February 18th. We’re assuming this has something to do with Peter MacNichol and his highly entertaining Asgardian character from the first half of episodes. In general it appears that the back half of the season is something Marvel is keeping tightly under wraps: We don’t even know titles for the last nine episodes.

Oh, and in other good news, they won’t be dragging out the identity of “The Clairvoyant” from season to season; we’ll know who it is by the time the show wraps up season one. Honestly, it’s just good news that somebody in either the Disney or Marvel infrastructure has realized that we don’t tune in to hear Coulson explain Skye’s feelings to us, but to see things blow up and the team fight supervillains. Also, Jamie Alexander’s Sif doesn’t get enough attention for our money, so that’s good to see. It’d be nice for this show to actually get on the stick and live up to our expectations.

Maybe because I’m less invested than most in comic books and such, but I think this is a great show, and I look forward to it every week. I get caught up in the comments like those above and start doubting myself until I throw the next episode on and realize I still love it.

And that’s the proper attitude. There are a lot of shows I am petty much neutral about and some that I downright can’t stand but I see a lot of people who enjoy them and I say more power to them. If a show really makes you feel excited and you love screw what everybody else says!

I’m the same way. I didn’t have much access to the comics as a kid and never went back to get into them as an adult, so I basically come at it only from what’s in the movies and TV, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the show. I come here to see what the concensus is and encounter lots of unexpected hate.

So am I the only one wishing for some real violence? I know that AoS is targeted at a lot of kids and that generally Marvel avoids more hardcore violence but for just one episode I want to see Lady Sif commit some brutal Sparatacus level violence and utterly annihilate a few dozen super soldiers slicing them to piece and beating them into a bloody pulp.

Is this show the best thing on TV? No, definitely not. Somehow I always manage to find time to watch it though, unlike other things that get recorded, pile up on my DVR, and are eventually deleted. Revolution, Blacklist, I’m looking in your direction here.

Unless this show pulls something out of its ass for season 2, like ya know, not be so middling and predicable, then I don’t see a reason to continue it. Unless they actually attempt to tie it to the movie universe in a way that isn’t “something something NEW YORK.”

There are a lot of shows that take a while in their first season to be decent, and then knock it out of the park come season 2. This show is so manufactured that I don’t see that happening. It’s soulless. I tried really really hard to watch it, but when it felt like a 2nd job, I called it quits.